Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– As a benefit for the Unitarian Universalist Community Church’s capital drive fund, we will sponsor a performance of "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" on Sunday, February 1, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. at the Illinois Theater Center. The play is derived from the collected works of Lorraine[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Join the League of Women Voters of the Park Forest Area invites the public to a winter social to help empower citizens to shape better communities worldwide. Thursday January 8, 2009, the LWVPFA will host a social/fundraising event being held at the Tall Grass Art Gallery, 367[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Bing Crosby may have dreamed of a white Christmas but as many Americans adjust their lifestyles to become more environmentally friendly, some will be looking forward to a green Christmas this year. The Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois has advice to help families go green[Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar Just when I thought the Christmas wars couldn’t get more ridiculous or hostile, along comes the uproar over dueling holiday displays in the rotunda of Washington’s state Capitol. First a holiday tree, then a menorah, followed[Read More…]

GSU Police Chief Debra Boyd and officers of the Governors State University Department of Public Safety are using energy efficient T3 Motion Devices. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– When Debra Boyd was named Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety of the Governors State University Police Department this year[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A Park Forest resident recently reported losing thousands of dollars through a phony sweepstakes scheme. An officer was dispatched to the Park Forest Police Department on December 11 to investigate a report of fraud. A resident related that she received a letter purporting to be from a[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A Park Forest resident recently reported that he had been scammed out of over $3,000 for what he thought was a new job. Officer Butler was dispatched to the Park Forest Police Department on December 11 to investigate a fraud complaint. The man said he was unemployed[Read More…]

St. Irenaeus Church in Park Forest on Saturday. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– St. Irenaeus Church was filled to capacity Saturday as hundreds gathered to bid farewell to Fr. Daniel J. O’Sullivan, who died December 15. Family members and parishioners from St. Irenaeus gathered along with many others who knew[Read More…]

Remembering Fr. O’Sullivan St. Irenaeus’ former Pastor, Father Dan O’Sullivan, was much more than our spiritual leader. He truly was a man of the people, whether raking leaves with parishioners or trying to fix a boiler, or giving a caller at the door money from his own pocket. He loved[Read More…]

Fr. Daniel O’Sullivan at a 2008 Blessing of the Animals. (Photo: Photobucket) Commentary By Rev. Daniel J. O’Sullivan I was raised in an Irish Catholic ghetto on the West Side of Chicago. We learned our family and ethnic heritage very well and cherished our traditional Catholic faith. We knew our[Read More…]